162
162
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 162
favorite 0
quote 0
. ♪ [ crowd cheering ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> it has been quite the week for last minute endorsements. yesterday as we reported first on "the cycle," new york city mayor michael bloomberg threw his support behind president obama. he also endorsed obama's re-election effort. today mitt romney received the backing of charles krout krauthammer. our next guest has worked for both republican and democratic administration during his time leading the government accountability office. this year he decides to endorse mitt romney. here's the ceo and president of the come back america initiative david walker. you have made the debt your big issue this year. you're endorsing mitt romney. tell us why? >> i came back from a 9,500-mile tour and met with thousands of vote voters around the country. 97% believe it should be the top priority. only 8% have confidence in the current line-up getting the job done. i endorsed him not because of his plan, because neither candidate has a plan that i think is details enough for the american people, but because his proven leadership ability and track record of t
. ♪ [ crowd cheering ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> it has been quite the week for last minute endorsements. yesterday as we reported first on "the cycle," new york city mayor michael bloomberg threw his support behind president obama. he also endorsed obama's re-election effort. today mitt romney received the backing of charles krout krauthammer. our next guest has worked for both republican and democratic administration during his time leading the government accountability...
106
106
Jun 22, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 106
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> to poll politics, where president obama will address a group of latinos today one week after his administration said they would not deport some 800,000 children brought to the country illegally by their parents. mitt romney spoke yesterday questioning the president's relationship with latino voters. >> some people asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. as president i won't settle for stop-gap measures. i'll work with republicans and democrats to build a long-term solution. he may admit that he hasn't kept every promise, and he'll probably say even though you are not better off today than you were four years ago, things could be worse. he'll imply that you don't really have an alternative. i belive he's taking your vote for granted. i've come here today with a very simple message -- do you have an alternative. your vote should be respected and your voice is more important now than ever before. >> a new pew research poll finds among
. >>> to poll politics, where president obama will address a group of latinos today one week after his administration said they would not deport some 800,000 children brought to the country illegally by their parents. mitt romney spoke yesterday questioning the president's relationship with latino voters. >> some people asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the...
379
379
Apr 30, 2012
04/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 379
favorite 0
quote 1
this week the secret service will hold an ethics in law enforcement seminar for more iaan pkehe vi t gs rus r tianng aoh wiinenos wking a entertni feigners in hotel room. and president obama joked about the agents being on a much shorter leash. >> i had a lot more material prepared, but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. >> the but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. >> he took a jab at mitt romney. alupofot,ehtt to be here in them r tpridt. dyoembhhe uny lldrndou peofetter moow th w harious sh r credird, ev time. 1% sh back eve 2% on gries. 3% onas. automatically. no hoops to mp through. no annual fee. that's 1% back on... wow! 2% on my homemade lasagna. 3% back on [ friends ] road trip!!!!!!!!!!!! ainnn ]2-t cak. a of nea ffeek.ke. o. [e anunr ] alng witppor hant is proven to help ln somepeople had chas in havior, thinking or moo hostity, agitation, deessed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell
this week the secret service will hold an ethics in law enforcement seminar for more iaan pkehe vi t gs rus r tianng aoh wiinenos wking a entertni feigners in hotel room. and president obama joked about the agents being on a much shorter leash. >> i had a lot more material prepared, but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. >> the but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. >> he took a jab at mitt romney. alupofot,ehtt...
144
144
Sep 10, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 144
favorite 0
quote 0
and this week former president bill clinton begins stumping for the obama campaign throughout the state of florida. that's where president obama spent his weekend, keeping the conversation away from friday's poor jobs report. instead telling seniors they would pay more for their health care under the medicare plan offered by his opponent. mitt romney spent sunday doing debate prep at his campaign headquarters in boston, but the republican nominee also raised some eyebrows with a comment he made about the president's health care law. romney has long vowed to repeal and replace it if elected. but during the interview, david gregory yesterday on "meet the press," he appeared to be more accepting to some parts of president obama's law. >> i say we're going to replace obamacare, and i'm replacing it with my own plan. and you know, even in massachusetts where i was governor, our plan there deals with preexisting conditions and with young people. >> so you keep that as part of the federal plan? >> i'm not getting rid of all of health care reform. of course there are a number of things that i l
and this week former president bill clinton begins stumping for the obama campaign throughout the state of florida. that's where president obama spent his weekend, keeping the conversation away from friday's poor jobs report. instead telling seniors they would pay more for their health care under the medicare plan offered by his opponent. mitt romney spent sunday doing debate prep at his campaign headquarters in boston, but the republican nominee also raised some eyebrows with a comment he made...
121
121
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 121
favorite 0
quote 0
a weaker number for less jobs added is going to favor a romney versus obama. the key question is just how can one data point influence voters ahead of the elections next week. that level of uncertainty, of course, going to make markets volatile after this report. it's coming at the same time where rising costs of hurricane sandy are coming in. that's something we have to look forward to in the november numbers, not impacting today. four days, of course, before the election. i think we can expect a politically charged payroll report later today. for now, back to you. >> we will see those numbers at 8:30 eastern time. less than three hours from now. julia, thanks so much. >>> as always this morning, you can e-mail me at waytooearly@msnbc.com. tweet me @williegeist. let me know what you're doing. >>> still ahead, richard engle takes to the skies above new york city to survey the damage. his report next. >>> plus -- >> number five -- >> single and looking to mingle? find that special someone on the early voting line. >> yeah, that's right. >> vice president joe bi
a weaker number for less jobs added is going to favor a romney versus obama. the key question is just how can one data point influence voters ahead of the elections next week. that level of uncertainty, of course, going to make markets volatile after this report. it's coming at the same time where rising costs of hurricane sandy are coming in. that's something we have to look forward to in the november numbers, not impacting today. four days, of course, before the election. i think we can...
159
159
Oct 10, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 159
favorite 0
quote 0
last week at the debate, mr. obama taught us all a new word. choke. mr. obama is the president of the united states. a very important job. you have to make big decisions and you're in charge of a lot of people for four years. >> mr. romney, i think you made a mistake. i think you mean eight years. >> you see, kids, mr. obama just did something called using your imagination. >> hello, mr. romney. meow. >> now, kids, don't be alarmed. this puppet isn't real. look. this is bill. he's a union worker. you pay him with your tax dollars so that can he crouch down with a sock in his hand and make silly voices. you disgust me. but before i go, remember, there's only one person in the world that's like you and that's you. people can like you exactly the way you are. but if they don't, then just pretend to be the sxabt opposite of what you are and then maybe they'll like you. >> but doesn't that undermine your original -- >> bill, you're fired. >> jimmy fallon. still ahead, why are you awake? your tweets, texts are next. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] pop in a whole n
last week at the debate, mr. obama taught us all a new word. choke. mr. obama is the president of the united states. a very important job. you have to make big decisions and you're in charge of a lot of people for four years. >> mr. romney, i think you made a mistake. i think you mean eight years. >> you see, kids, mr. obama just did something called using your imagination. >> hello, mr. romney. meow. >> now, kids, don't be alarmed. this puppet isn't real. look. this is...
135
135
Jun 29, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 135
favorite 0
quote 0
but you're president obama. you're the president. you have an unpopular bill and you have 19 weeks before a re-election campaign. how do you sell a bill that every time it's discussed, has failed to become more popular? >> first of all, you have to tell people what it is. they're not giving us an alternative. >> you're not going to answer the question. >> here's the thing. >> steve is going to answer. >> i believe health care costs democrat seats in the 2010 midterms. i don't think it's going to help in the 2012 election. i'm going to paraphrase a line from the new book. when you're a political party and you get the white house, the senate, you have power and at a certain point, use the power or you don't and they made a decision that you knowç what, this is the goal of this political party. ewan v universal health care. for generations. we finally have stars aligned and we're going to do it. obama said yesterday, i did do this for the politics and i believe that. i believe barack obama didn't do that. did not do this for the polit
but you're president obama. you're the president. you have an unpopular bill and you have 19 weeks before a re-election campaign. how do you sell a bill that every time it's discussed, has failed to become more popular? >> first of all, you have to tell people what it is. they're not giving us an alternative. >> you're not going to answer the question. >> here's the thing. >> steve is going to answer. >> i believe health care costs democrat seats in the 2010...
156
156
Jul 3, 2012
07/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 156
favorite 0
quote 0
that stands in contrast to last week's msnbc "wall street journal" poll that showed president obama in the lead by eight. now take this away. why is there this discrepancy? cnn polled nbc's, arizona and indiana states that are firmly in the romney camp. the obama campaign is looking to make inroads in those states with assaults on romney's business record. "new york times" report says it's working. mitt romney outsourcing jobs h been paid for by the pro obama super p.a.c. usa run by bill burton. >> we're now in the middle of $10 million we spent on television ads about mitt romney's time in the private sector and they are clearly starting network. if you look at any of the numbers out there, any public polling or focus groups they are work. our fundraising has picked up and the spending we're doing is having an impact. >> burton weighed in on an audio recording on a phone call between president obama and donors where he raised concerns about republicans ability to raise huge funds. >> what they are trying to do, i imagine, is engage, you know, a large number of the folks who support pr
that stands in contrast to last week's msnbc "wall street journal" poll that showed president obama in the lead by eight. now take this away. why is there this discrepancy? cnn polled nbc's, arizona and indiana states that are firmly in the romney camp. the obama campaign is looking to make inroads in those states with assaults on romney's business record. "new york times" report says it's working. mitt romney outsourcing jobs h been paid for by the pro obama super p.a.c....
168
168
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 168
favorite 0
quote 0
i point to the "washington post"/abc news, doing tracking polls every day about a week and a half now, the last two rolling tracks we've asked about president obama's job performance on sandy, 78% two days ago said excellent or good, 79% said excellent or good. yesterday. when you're dealing with the margins here, it can't hurt. i think the fact that the president got to be the president, kind of be bipartisan, to go up, look at things, that role, remember the people haven't decided yet, aren't partisans on either side. they tend to be independent on affiliated -- unaffiliated voters. who don't like that partisanship. for him to be with chris christie looking like they were working together for the good of the people in new jersey and new york, that accrues to his broad benefit. do i know how many people say i saw president obama during hurricane sandy and i'm voting for him, no, but i think this last week has helped him burnish that image of a guy who is presidential willing to work across the aisle. mitt romney can't do nothing about it. through no fault of mitt romney. barack obama
i point to the "washington post"/abc news, doing tracking polls every day about a week and a half now, the last two rolling tracks we've asked about president obama's job performance on sandy, 78% two days ago said excellent or good, 79% said excellent or good. yesterday. when you're dealing with the margins here, it can't hurt. i think the fact that the president got to be the president, kind of be bipartisan, to go up, look at things, that role, remember the people haven't decided...
104
104
Aug 22, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 104
favorite 0
quote 0
around tampa next week, they may bump into a familiar face. democrats are sending joe biden to tampa for an event that will overlap the first day of the convention. yesterday in minneapolis vice president biden returned to the subject of wall street reform, this time with a new line of attack. >> over the objections of romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest wall street regulations in history, turning wall street back into the al kateor of capital it always has been and no longer a casino and they want to repeal it. >> tonight the president will lace it up as part of a basketball fund-raiser. while president obama has the support of nba players, the owners are siding with mitt romney and are writing bigger checks. they've received $70,000 from owner and executives compared to president obama's 57,000 from players and coaches. all next week "way too early" covering the republican convention. if you're down in tampa, come hang out with us. >> the new york city has crunched the numbers and find that 2,000 american men and women
around tampa next week, they may bump into a familiar face. democrats are sending joe biden to tampa for an event that will overlap the first day of the convention. yesterday in minneapolis vice president biden returned to the subject of wall street reform, this time with a new line of attack. >> over the objections of romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest wall street regulations in history, turning wall street back into the al kateor of capital it always has been and...
118
118
Apr 18, 2012
04/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
who were in the country to provide advanced security ahead of president obama's arrival there for an economic summit over the weekend. in all, 11 secret service agents are being investigated for misconduct, including members of an elite sniper team, explosive efforts and two supervisors. up to 12 military personnel also under scrutiny, including an army green beret and marine dog hammers and members of the air force and navy. nbc news has learned the scandal first erupted after one of the prostitutes complained that she'd been underpaid. apparently she was where two agents a night, but they refused to double her asking price. wanting to split that cost instead. local police became involved and the issue was reported to the u.s. embassy. members of congress briefed on the investigation say none of the women involved were minors and there was no sensitive information inside the agent's hotel rooms when the women were there. white house press secretary jay carney says president obama remains confident in the leadership of secret service director mark sullivan who has ordered a separate
who were in the country to provide advanced security ahead of president obama's arrival there for an economic summit over the weekend. in all, 11 secret service agents are being investigated for misconduct, including members of an elite sniper team, explosive efforts and two supervisors. up to 12 military personnel also under scrutiny, including an army green beret and marine dog hammers and members of the air force and navy. nbc news has learned the scandal first erupted after one of the...
197
197
Nov 3, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 197
favorite 0
quote 0
one of the pieces of barack obama's brand that was so helpful to him in '08 was this idea that he could be bipartisan. that's always good for a president to respond well to a catastrophe. >> also that piece where, you know, of course, we had mitt romney saying, no more fema and we see exactly why we need it. thank you, too, rebecca. the rest are back for more. up next, the next generation. ♪ [ birds chirping ] are you sure you can fit in there? [ chuckles ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] around view monitor with bird's-eye view. nice work. [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new nissan pathfinder. it's our most innovative pathfinder ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ >>> no women will be more impacted by tuesday's relates than hour young women. what we sow with our votes, in three days they will reap. joining the panel now to help represent generation next is julie zilinger, 19-year-old barnard university sophomore and author of "a little f'd up," feministed up. is there a moment that we have seen this war on women who priding an opportunity for young women to see relevance of
one of the pieces of barack obama's brand that was so helpful to him in '08 was this idea that he could be bipartisan. that's always good for a president to respond well to a catastrophe. >> also that piece where, you know, of course, we had mitt romney saying, no more fema and we see exactly why we need it. thank you, too, rebecca. the rest are back for more. up next, the next generation. ♪ [ birds chirping ] are you sure you can fit in there? [ chuckles ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ]...
178
178
Nov 3, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 178
favorite 0
quote 0
another thing to keep in mind about ohio, i saw this vividly a few weeks ago when i was here, the obama campaign never left ohio. and you talk to their people, you talk to their volunteers on the ground, and they say, we've been doing this now for five years in a sense. almost six years. you go to the cleveland suburbs, there are obama campaign offices just two doors down from where they were four years ago. and the same people are showing up. there's something about the fact that they've been able to hold on to the support they had over five or six years ago, and really just continue that playbook all the way through this year. >> yeah. >> and build upon whatever they were able to do back then. >> i think someone suggested that the president has almost tripled the number of offices there in the state of ohio, as mitt romney does. can i ask you quickly about ohio's provisional ballots, ed, and the probability or chance they may hold up the results in that state? >> well, they could. and people here call it the nightmare scenario. the reason is that all of the registered voters in this s
another thing to keep in mind about ohio, i saw this vividly a few weeks ago when i was here, the obama campaign never left ohio. and you talk to their people, you talk to their volunteers on the ground, and they say, we've been doing this now for five years in a sense. almost six years. you go to the cleveland suburbs, there are obama campaign offices just two doors down from where they were four years ago. and the same people are showing up. there's something about the fact that they've been...
116
116
Sep 26, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 116
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama will be in the state this morning. today's "new york times" reporting that aidot romney say the republican candidate and paul ryan will campaign together now much more often in the coming weeks. according to the report, the move underscores concerns that mr. romney is not generating enough excitement on his own and need mrs. ryan t fire up the pporters. you'llee he din an evident as caaign stop yesterday outside dayton, ohio. >> wow. that's quite a guy, isn't it? an romney/ryan, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. there we go. that's great. thank you. >> meanwhile congressman ryan a big green bay packers fan vented about that call on monday night football. went on to compare the nfl's reemrefs, yes, to the obama administration. >> i got to start off on something that was really troubling that occurred last night. did you watch that packer game last nig? i mean, give me a break. i half think that these refs work part-time for the obama administration in the budget office. trying to pick the winners and losers and they don't even
president obama will be in the state this morning. today's "new york times" reporting that aidot romney say the republican candidate and paul ryan will campaign together now much more often in the coming weeks. according to the report, the move underscores concerns that mr. romney is not generating enough excitement on his own and need mrs. ryan t fire up the pporters. you'llee he din an evident as caaign stop yesterday outside dayton, ohio. >> wow. that's quite a guy, isn't it?...
142
142
Oct 31, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 142
favorite 0
quote 0
as you mentioned, president obama will be here later today is too survey the damage. they will also begin efforts to rescue people who are still stranded. we were here late last night and i got to talk to the last group of people brought over from seaside heights and i have not seen a more tired and just distraught group of people. they looked so which haexhauste they said it's terrible over there. >> danielle lee, thanks so much. >>> half of manhattan remains without power. could be days before the lights come on on below 34th street. new york city's 108-year-old subway system remains shut down. this video posted by the mta at the south ferry station, pretty much tells you the story. train tunnels under the east river used by amtrak and long island railroad also flooded. the arm corps of engineers has flown in a team to assess how to begin to drain all that water. as for the airports, jfk and newark, liberty international expected to resume limited service this morning at 7:00 a.m. the same cannot be said for laguardia. jetblue posted these videos of the runway subme
as you mentioned, president obama will be here later today is too survey the damage. they will also begin efforts to rescue people who are still stranded. we were here late last night and i got to talk to the last group of people brought over from seaside heights and i have not seen a more tired and just distraught group of people. they looked so which haexhauste they said it's terrible over there. >> danielle lee, thanks so much. >>> half of manhattan remains without power....
150
150
Jun 21, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama meets with the same group tomorrow. the president is riding a wave of momentum with hispanic voters after his announcement last week to allow hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants who came to the u.s. as children to remain here if they meet certain conditions. mr. romney calls it an election year political stunt. from florida, romney heads to park city utah for a private weekend retreat with dozens f including paul ryan, karl rove, jeb bush, tim pawlenty, condoleezza rice, and john mccain. he ended his bus tour hauling in something between $6 million and $8 million on wednesday alone. the obama campaign spent more money than it took in last month, spending almost $45 million on tv ads. romney's campaign spent just shy of $16 million. still, the obama campaign predicts that romney and the super packs backing him will have outspent the incumbent by $100 million by the end of june. the president has launched two more ads in eight key battleground states including pennsylvania, florida, and ohio, claiming that while gov
president obama meets with the same group tomorrow. the president is riding a wave of momentum with hispanic voters after his announcement last week to allow hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants who came to the u.s. as children to remain here if they meet certain conditions. mr. romney calls it an election year political stunt. from florida, romney heads to park city utah for a private weekend retreat with dozens f including paul ryan, karl rove, jeb bush, tim pawlenty, condoleezza rice,...
117
117
Sep 14, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
business week reports a six-point jump for the president in the futures market. the boston globe reports elizabeth warren is encouraged to change her strategy. democrats have nominated women for a new record. >>> the associated press reports a woman has resigned after saying she might not be able to cast her vote for republican mitt romney. billboard says rocker bruce springsteen got a bump after the song, "we take care of our own" was played in charlotte. it had a sales surge of 409%. in a song called "to the world" kanye west is taking a political position. i'm just trying to protect my stacks, mitt romney don't pay no tax. >>> kim kardashian said she's a swing voter. she's a liberal republican who cast a vote for president obama in 2008. kardashian says i don't know which way i'm going to go. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> now here is your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at 13 rks 539 after soaring 206 points. taking a look at overseas trading, in tokyo, the nikkei leapt 164 points. in hong kong it sky
business week reports a six-point jump for the president in the futures market. the boston globe reports elizabeth warren is encouraged to change her strategy. democrats have nominated women for a new record. >>> the associated press reports a woman has resigned after saying she might not be able to cast her vote for republican mitt romney. billboard says rocker bruce springsteen got a bump after the song, "we take care of our own" was played in charlotte. it had a sales...
165
165
Nov 2, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 165
favorite 0
quote 0
from now and that is barack obama ma. mitt romney -- the president who is going help out new jersey is president in october, november, december and january and chris christie needs him. i think that is the thing that people over look. they assume that either you work together or you play politics. in this case the politics is working in favor of cooperation. as you say, obama is going to be president for at least three months and christie in a year is going to be judged primarily by how he responds to this crisis. people are affected when they look like stuff like this. >> i have family in rock away. you can't see this level of suffers and say i'm a political leader and i have to solve this problem. you have that great discussion. my favorite line on government comes from government is the enemy until you need a friend. >> that was a great line. there was bipartisanship in the senate. >> not playing to the low basic common denominator of the political party. that ideology has take over our government. >> former senator of
from now and that is barack obama ma. mitt romney -- the president who is going help out new jersey is president in october, november, december and january and chris christie needs him. i think that is the thing that people over look. they assume that either you work together or you play politics. in this case the politics is working in favor of cooperation. as you say, obama is going to be president for at least three months and christie in a year is going to be judged primarily by how he...
169
169
Nov 1, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 169
favorite 0
quote 0
a good week for president obama, and a problematic week for governor romney. >> a story in politico, obama's reaction to a disaster coupled with a calculation to stop campaigning to supervise the relief effort from the oval office provided him with one thing he's needed with the first debate, opportunity to look presidential. presidential is what obama needed from sandy because a presidential image is what obama lost in his first debate with mitt romney. >> i think the debate made him look smaller and these events have made him look bigger. he was acting too presidential, like he didn't need to engage in that debate. it's not whether you're presidential or not. it's whether the stage is bigger in this situation, and it is. you are, as president, having to deal with real-life problems. he's taking executive action, just a small detail, when he says i've got 15-minute role and chris christie over his shoulder nodding and chuckling, yeah, he's going to kick some rear end, you know, that is -- >> that's the british way. christie would have other choices. continue on, my friend. >> the br
a good week for president obama, and a problematic week for governor romney. >> a story in politico, obama's reaction to a disaster coupled with a calculation to stop campaigning to supervise the relief effort from the oval office provided him with one thing he's needed with the first debate, opportunity to look presidential. presidential is what obama needed from sandy because a presidential image is what obama lost in his first debate with mitt romney. >> i think the debate made...
195
195
Nov 6, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 195
favorite 0
quote 0
national polling in recent weeks has barely budged showing president obama and governor mitt romney deadlocked in a statistical tie with 2011 election in mind, both sides have assembled legal teams to handle voting irregularities or recounts. this contest will likely come down to a handful of swing states which have shown the president with a consistent by razor thin advantage among likely voters. virginia and new hampshire, opened their doors less than half an hour from now. as it tradition, two tiny new hampshire villages were first to cast their ballots in dixville notch. it was a split decision, five to five. five votes for each candidate. in hart's location, 23 votes for president obama and nine for mitt romney. tonight polls begin closing about 6:00 eastern time in kentucky and indiana. our first big clue, though, about how the night will unfold will come after 7:00 when polls close in another half dozen states, including the battleground of virginia with 13 electoral votes up for grabs. the state president obama turned blue in 2008 by a seven-point margin. the latest nbc news wall stree
national polling in recent weeks has barely budged showing president obama and governor mitt romney deadlocked in a statistical tie with 2011 election in mind, both sides have assembled legal teams to handle voting irregularities or recounts. this contest will likely come down to a handful of swing states which have shown the president with a consistent by razor thin advantage among likely voters. virginia and new hampshire, opened their doors less than half an hour from now. as it tradition,...
154
154
Sep 19, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 154
favorite 0
quote 0
obama talked about the florida pizza ria owner who lifted him off the ground in a bear hug last week. remember that? the president said quote, i think he fixed something in my back. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> here is your "first look" at how wall street is going to kick off. the dow closed at 13,564 after adding 11 points yesterday. the s&p lost one. nasdaq was down a fraction. in tokyo, the nikkei jumped over 108 points. it was monetary easing by japan's central bank that gave them a boost on the heels of aggressive stimulus. the bank of japan boosted the asset program sending the nikkei to a four-month high. weeks after declaring bankruptcy, japan airlines made a return with a near $9 billion relisting. the world es second biggest after facebook. >>> many japanese retailers in china are losing business. it's sparked protests forcing companies to close for days. >>> back on the street, a gloomy outlook for fedex. they fell 3% after slashing the earnings forecast due to a weakening world economy. >>> shares of advanced microdevices tumbling 10% on the cfos dep
obama talked about the florida pizza ria owner who lifted him off the ground in a bear hug last week. remember that? the president said quote, i think he fixed something in my back. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> here is your "first look" at how wall street is going to kick off. the dow closed at 13,564 after adding 11 points yesterday. the s&p lost one. nasdaq was down a fraction. in tokyo, the nikkei jumped over 108 points. it was monetary easing by...
149
149
Oct 18, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 149
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama will be in new hampshire today. his fifth visit to the state just this year followed stops in both iowa and ohio yesterday where he looked to gain ground with women voters speaking at cornell college near cedar rapids. he took mitt romney to task for saying he received "whole binders full of women" to help fill his cabinet when he was governor of massachusetts. >> i've got to tell you we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talent driven young women ready to learn and teach in these fields right now. and when young women graduate they should get equal pay for equal work. that should be a simple question to answer. when governor romney was asked about it, his campaign said, we'll get back to you. that shouldn't be a complicated question. equal pay for equal work. i want my daughters paid just like somebody else's sons are paid for the same job. that's straightforward. >> vice president joe biden out on the trail appealing to female voters suggesting in colorado that mitt romney's positions are
president obama will be in new hampshire today. his fifth visit to the state just this year followed stops in both iowa and ohio yesterday where he looked to gain ground with women voters speaking at cornell college near cedar rapids. he took mitt romney to task for saying he received "whole binders full of women" to help fill his cabinet when he was governor of massachusetts. >> i've got to tell you we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talent driven...
145
145
Jun 27, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 145
favorite 0
quote 0
with congress and the states. >> this is a busy week for the supreme court. i think, i think all their work highlights the leadership failures of our current president. if obama care is not deemed constitutional, then the first three and a half years of this president's term will have been wasted on something that has not helped the american people. if it is deemed to stand, then i'll tell you one thing, we're going to have to have the president, and i'm the one going to get rid of obama care, we're going to stop it on day one. >>> facing a volatile political landscape, two long-time lawmakers, two bold-faced names in washington face primary challenges yesterday. chalking up wins for the establishment on both sides of the aisle. in utah it was six-term republican senator, orrin hatch, able to hold off his tea party challenger. he did more than hold off, he won by 34%. avoiding the fate of fellow senator dick luger who lost to a tea party-backed candidate in last month's indiana republican primary. in new york, charlie wrangle able to win the democratic primar
with congress and the states. >> this is a busy week for the supreme court. i think, i think all their work highlights the leadership failures of our current president. if obama care is not deemed constitutional, then the first three and a half years of this president's term will have been wasted on something that has not helped the american people. if it is deemed to stand, then i'll tell you one thing, we're going to have to have the president, and i'm the one going to get rid of obama...
71
71
Dec 6, 2012
12/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 71
favorite 0
quote 0
this week president obama puts syrian leader bahsar al assad on notice about the use of chemical weapons. and now we know why. pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military loaded the precursor chemicals for sarn nerve gas into aerial bombs. that could be dropped from dozens of syrian fighter bombers. this week u.s. intelligence detected a flurry of activity at chemical weapons sites like this one. while u.s. officials confirm the precursor chemicals are loaded, they must still be mixed together to create the deadly sarin gas. the development shook the world. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton issued strong warnings to syria's president assad that there would be serious consequences if he used chemical weapons. >> it's the point of no return. they're goi
this week president obama puts syrian leader bahsar al assad on notice about the use of chemical weapons. and now we know why. pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military...
59
59
Jun 9, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 59
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama and mitt romney had it back and forth this week about the job creation and who is to blame for it. the economy has a net positive of 50,000 private sector jobs which is impressive given the fact that he inherited the worst economy in 70 years. it's almost twice as bad as we thought at the time based on the data we had. and then there's the fact that mitt romney has his own job creation record. and that's pretty embarrassing. in defending that, romney campaign advisor said this. >> when mitt rom nerks y arrived, if you throw d.c. into the mix, we were 51 out of 51. by the time mitt romney left four years later, we were middle of the pact. we were 30th in the nation. >> in other words, i inherited a very crappy situation and improved it. don't blame me for the job losses, blame my predecessor. you'll note that sounds familiar when the president has tried to make the same argument, this has been romney's response. >> the president is always quick to find someone to blame. >> the may jobs report along with other indicators show an economy that's still suffering stress. th
president obama and mitt romney had it back and forth this week about the job creation and who is to blame for it. the economy has a net positive of 50,000 private sector jobs which is impressive given the fact that he inherited the worst economy in 70 years. it's almost twice as bad as we thought at the time based on the data we had. and then there's the fact that mitt romney has his own job creation record. and that's pretty embarrassing. in defending that, romney campaign advisor said this....
141
141
Aug 1, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 141
favorite 0
quote 0
quote, obama raising taxes is supposed to be the message of the week. not this. you know, for a while there, the republicans actually did have their messaging sort of under control. even while they were working on anti-abortion legislation, they weren't talking about it. they were at least talking about jobs, jobs, jobs, and tax cuts. now kablewie it. it has blown up this week. this week republicans who are the ones talking about jobs and tax cults, are whispering and complaining anonymously to the press while the republican leader of the united states senate is scheduling a vote to repeal women's health benefits and in the house, they actually did hold a floor vote on congress forcing rape victims and incest victims to give birth against their will because republicans in congress say they should. joining us now is jan schakowsky, democrat from illinois. representative schakowsky, thank you for being here. nice of you to take the time. >> thank you so much, rachel. >> 222 cosponsors on yet another anti-abortion bill from this crop of house republicans. why do you
quote, obama raising taxes is supposed to be the message of the week. not this. you know, for a while there, the republicans actually did have their messaging sort of under control. even while they were working on anti-abortion legislation, they weren't talking about it. they were at least talking about jobs, jobs, jobs, and tax cuts. now kablewie it. it has blown up this week. this week republicans who are the ones talking about jobs and tax cults, are whispering and complaining anonymously to...
148
148
Aug 19, 2012
08/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 148
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama and vice president biden doubled downed on those remarks. in the last couple weeks there were incendiary and wra over the top remark and allegations of mitt romney not paying taxes. there is a super pak super pac romney killed someone's wife. we can disagree respectfully, but the character attacks about the other side are just horrific. but i understand it, because if you have a record with you have 16 trillion in debt and no energy plan and a jobless rate over 42 months over 8%, of course you can't run a campaign on the issues and you're going to have to resort to that. i think it is way beneath the dignity of the american people. very different from the hope and change campaign that was very optimist nick 2008. now it is very negative. as we focus on serious issues of debt and medicare reform -- >> have you governor romney talking about a campaign of hate on the part of the president of the united states. strong words. >> you never want it play pick up basketball with him. he is always fouling and always crying foul. governor romney himsel
president obama and vice president biden doubled downed on those remarks. in the last couple weeks there were incendiary and wra over the top remark and allegations of mitt romney not paying taxes. there is a super pak super pac romney killed someone's wife. we can disagree respectfully, but the character attacks about the other side are just horrific. but i understand it, because if you have a record with you have 16 trillion in debt and no energy plan and a jobless rate over 42 months over...
69
69
Oct 18, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 69
favorite 0
quote 0
in the case of national polls this week, three of six have president obama in the lead, but gallup has mitt romney up by six. what's going on? joining me is the ceo of the democratic polling firm, mark melman. great to see you. >> pleasure to be with you. >> gauge where you think the race is right now. >> i think there's a slight advantage for obama in the national numbers. i think the has a bigger advantage in the swing states. i give a slight advantage to the president, but this is a close race anding go either way. >> have you ever seen anything like this? there do seem to be so many swings, a lot of inconsistencies. what do you think is going on? >> well, we do see this in polling at the state level quite often. less so nationally. the reality is in a close race, you will see people moving back and forth. you'll see events and so on that have an impact on the race. the debates, other events. the truth s doing good polling is getting harder. it's getting more difficult. it's getting more expensive. and there's a lot of bad polling out there. the bad polling is going to be inconsiste
in the case of national polls this week, three of six have president obama in the lead, but gallup has mitt romney up by six. what's going on? joining me is the ceo of the democratic polling firm, mark melman. great to see you. >> pleasure to be with you. >> gauge where you think the race is right now. >> i think there's a slight advantage for obama in the national numbers. i think the has a bigger advantage in the swing states. i give a slight advantage to the president, but...
234
234
Oct 19, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 234
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> we told you earlier about president obama's visit "the daily show." now let's gather around the water cooler to watch some of the president's lighter moments with host jon stewart. >> how many times a week does biden show up in a wet bathing suit to a meeting? just ballpark figure. >> i had to put out a presidential directive on that. we had to stop that. >> you have to put towels down. >> i have to say, though, he looks pretty good. >> i don't doubt that in any way, shape or form. >>> still ahead on mika brzezinski's "way too early," where are you awake? your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi® card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts. more events. more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with a citi card
. >>> we told you earlier about president obama's visit "the daily show." now let's gather around the water cooler to watch some of the president's lighter moments with host jon stewart. >> how many times a week does biden show up in a wet bathing suit to a meeting? just ballpark figure. >> i had to put out a presidential directive on that. we had to stop that. >> you have to put towels down. >> i have to say, though, he looks pretty good. >> i...
112
112
May 16, 2012
05/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 112
favorite 0
quote 0
murdock is the man who just beat dick lugar in indiana last week. president obama will hear from republicans in person later this afternoon. congressional leaders from both parties heading to the white house to discuss economic proposals, and that ought to be interesting. >>> on the kpainl trail, mitt romney is also stressing the importance of reducing the country's debt in his first trip back to iowa since the january's caucuses. the presumptive nominee addressed what he called a, devote, spreading inferno of economic problems. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across iowa and across the nation. and every day that we fail to act, that fire gets closer to the homes and the children we love. now, you know also this is not solely a democrat or republican problem. the issue isn't who deserves the most blame. the issue is, who is going to do what it takes to put out the fire? subprime mortgages, they came close to bringing this economy to its knees. this debt is america's nightmare mortgage. it's adjustable, no money down, and assigned to our childr
murdock is the man who just beat dick lugar in indiana last week. president obama will hear from republicans in person later this afternoon. congressional leaders from both parties heading to the white house to discuss economic proposals, and that ought to be interesting. >>> on the kpainl trail, mitt romney is also stressing the importance of reducing the country's debt in his first trip back to iowa since the january's caucuses. the presumptive nominee addressed what he called a,...
95
95
Nov 13, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 95
favorite 0
quote 0
is set to hold a news conference this week. he'll get a lot of questions about this. about the timing. about how this entire process has been handled. >> the president is supposed to meet with labor leaders today, obviously the allen and petraeus is taking up a lot of oxygen in washington, d.c., today. but this is an important meeting about how to approach the fiscal cliff to come to a compromise? >> right, there are a couple of different motmotivations for th meetings. one, to get a sense of the different interests coming from business leaders. also, i think president obama would like to get some of these folks on his side to come up with a balanced approach to deficit reduction. lee saunders will be here afsme. so, he'll be trying to get their prospectives on all of this. >> kristen welker at the white house for us this morning. thank you. >>> tuesday political power panel. >>> it's great to have you all here. i know that the washington post has been covering the story, the e-ma e-mail smear story with general allen. as far a
is set to hold a news conference this week. he'll get a lot of questions about this. about the timing. about how this entire process has been handled. >> the president is supposed to meet with labor leaders today, obviously the allen and petraeus is taking up a lot of oxygen in washington, d.c., today. but this is an important meeting about how to approach the fiscal cliff to come to a compromise? >> right, there are a couple of different motmotivations for th meetings. one, to get...
118
118
May 15, 2012
05/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 118
favorite 0
quote 0
"newsweek" has declared president obama the first "gay" president. over the weekend, mitt romney delighted christian fundamentals at liberty university by defining marriage as -- >> the relationship between one man and one woman. >> reporter: romney seemed less than eager to reengage on the issue with the christian broadcasting network. >> how important it is to the important a few months from now time will tell, but my positions are i think out there for people to see and hopefully i'll be able to attract the support i need. >> reporter: the obama campaign is picking up the primary season attacks on romney and his time with bain capital. >> like a vampire, he came in and sucked the life out of us. >> reporter: team romney is firing back with an ad saying he and bain were job creators, not job killers. >> when i started we had close to 1400 employees, now over 6000. >> reporter: a primary season skirmish, now prime-time in the fight for the white house. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> here is your first look at some of of the other news in ame
"newsweek" has declared president obama the first "gay" president. over the weekend, mitt romney delighted christian fundamentals at liberty university by defining marriage as -- >> the relationship between one man and one woman. >> reporter: romney seemed less than eager to reengage on the issue with the christian broadcasting network. >> how important it is to the important a few months from now time will tell, but my positions are i think out there for...
64
64
Jun 12, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 64
favorite 0
quote 0
for the obama presidency and there are very real statistics in here. i thought this one was of many depressing things i have heard this week, pretty depressing. if he wins, obama will have less than 18 months to pass a second wave of domestic agenda, of his domestic agenda which has been stalled since late 2010 and has no chance of moving this year. his best opportunity for a breakthrough on energy policy, immigration or tax reform would come in 2013. by the middle of 2014, congressional elections will force another hiatus in washington policy making. effectively he has one year to do anything. >> it's unclear to me why if you retain republican control of the house or you get republican control of the senate, if either or both houses are controlled by the opposition party, why they would change from what they have been doing which is total implacable consistent obstruction and resistance. that has been the strategy from the beginning. i think they feel that it is conferred political benefits on them. i don't see anything forcing them off that strategy
for the obama presidency and there are very real statistics in here. i thought this one was of many depressing things i have heard this week, pretty depressing. if he wins, obama will have less than 18 months to pass a second wave of domestic agenda, of his domestic agenda which has been stalled since late 2010 and has no chance of moving this year. his best opportunity for a breakthrough on energy policy, immigration or tax reform would come in 2013. by the middle of 2014, congressional...
133
133
Sep 15, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 133
favorite 0
quote 0
president obama not on the campaign trail, but he has a busy week ahead of him. and you can read a lot into his eye continue rather. a trip to new york city and then a set of whirlwind stops through ohio, florida, virginia before hitting milwaukee at the end of the week. the first time he's going to wisconsin this election cycle. joining me now, dough sdchlt ominico. he enjoys the occasion al beer, but milwaukee, really? >> maybe, maybe not. it's not just for the beer. milwaukee is an area that president obama has to run up the score to win. with picking paul ryan, it really shouldn't be all that surprising that wisconsin would be close. we've had it in the toss up column the entire time. it was the closest state of the 2004 presidential election just 0.38 percentage points separated john kerry and george w. bush. >> but then 14 points separated president obama and john mccain four years later. what's happened? >> the same 2008. and it looks a whole lot more like 2004. it could be a base election, slightly lower turnout than 2008. we've seen undecided voters say
president obama not on the campaign trail, but he has a busy week ahead of him. and you can read a lot into his eye continue rather. a trip to new york city and then a set of whirlwind stops through ohio, florida, virginia before hitting milwaukee at the end of the week. the first time he's going to wisconsin this election cycle. joining me now, dough sdchlt ominico. he enjoys the occasion al beer, but milwaukee, really? >> maybe, maybe not. it's not just for the beer. milwaukee is an...
219
219
Oct 29, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 219
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> in an editorial last week the paper publicly chided the white house for insisting that the president's conversation be kept off the record. the register insisted that had no bearing on the endorsement decision. >>> over the weekend president obama made a campaign stop in new york, a state with pour electoral votes. could make a bit of a difference. joe and mika caught up with the press backstage about one issue that has become a problem. the attack of benghazi in libya. >> the intell? the stories keep changing. >> that's what we're going to find out from the investigation, but the truth is is that, you know, across the board when this happened my number one priority was secure americans. figure out what happened. bring those folks to justice. we are in the process of doing that right now. congress has been getting the flow of information continuously from day one and, you know what, what my attitude on this is, is if we find out that there was a big breakdown and somebody didn't do their job, they'll be held accountable. >> you'll see joe and mika's full interview with president obama
. >> in an editorial last week the paper publicly chided the white house for insisting that the president's conversation be kept off the record. the register insisted that had no bearing on the endorsement decision. >>> over the weekend president obama made a campaign stop in new york, a state with pour electoral votes. could make a bit of a difference. joe and mika caught up with the press backstage about one issue that has become a problem. the attack of benghazi in libya....
109
109
Oct 18, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 109
favorite 0
quote 0
he's tagged as quoted as saying this about the debate this week and president obama. quote, jump out of his seat and rush down the debate stage and take a swing at him but you know you can't do that. first, because there's a lot of secret service between you and him, and because it's the nature of the process. what's your thought on that? when you hear this, it's a very interesting take on how heated things may have become. >> you know, it may be a good idea for the romney campaign to keep the romney boys under wraps. let's recall -- >> away from microphones. >> sure, away from the microphones. they're the ones who kept -- who gave us sheamus the dog being strapped to the top of the car and have had these hot-headed comments before. it's probably not the best idea to have these guys out there as his surrogates, if they want to be controlling the message. fortunately, he came around and said, well, it's not just because the secret service was standing there and this would be a crime. in fact, maybe this is just the rough and tumble of the politics and get used to it. >
he's tagged as quoted as saying this about the debate this week and president obama. quote, jump out of his seat and rush down the debate stage and take a swing at him but you know you can't do that. first, because there's a lot of secret service between you and him, and because it's the nature of the process. what's your thought on that? when you hear this, it's a very interesting take on how heated things may have become. >> you know, it may be a good idea for the romney campaign to...
157
157
Oct 31, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 157
favorite 0
quote 0
millions will remain without power for much of the week as the massive rebuilding and cleanup gets underway and all of this when millions of americans are getting ready to vote. certainly not a time for tricks and treats on this halloween wednesday. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> 46 people have now been killed in the disastrous wrath of hurricane sandy and many more remain trapped. the storm could wind up costing $50 billion in property damage and lost business. these are the newest images coming in to us from the height of the storm on monday night. surveillance video shows water filling the tunnel used by amtrak and commuter trains that go under new york's east river, but the damage along the jersey shore is something we have never seen before. these are ariel photos you can see. most of the six people killed in that state died on long beach island and a neighboring barrier island. governor chris christie calls the devastation unthinkable. tuesday he tried to comfort one of the many victims. >> very difficult day. i know. we'll rebuild. we're tough. >> we're tough. >>
millions will remain without power for much of the week as the massive rebuilding and cleanup gets underway and all of this when millions of americans are getting ready to vote. certainly not a time for tricks and treats on this halloween wednesday. i'm lynn berry. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> 46 people have now been killed in the disastrous wrath of hurricane sandy and many more remain trapped. the storm could wind up costing $50 billion in property damage and lost...
123
123
Sep 10, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 123
favorite 0
quote 0
team obama insists the president got a big bounce from last week's convention. >> you know what? you guys sound pretty fired up. >> reporter: he told florida sunday that mitt romney's tax plan doesn't add up. >> you already have deficits. you add $5 trillion of new tax cuts, $2 trillion in new defense spending, and somehow you're going to close the deficit without raising taxes on middle-class families. they did not take their arithmetic course. >> contrary to what the democrats are saying, i'm not going to increase the tax burden on middle-income families. it would absolutely be wrong to do that. >> reporter: romney hits battleground ohio today and wisconsin in a new tv ad. >> here in wisconsin, we're not better off under president obama. >> reporter: on "meet the press" sunday, romney made news saying he'd keep parts of what republicans call obamacare. >> to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals to have policies that cover their family up to whatever age they might like. >> reporter: while there are sharp differences over jobs and taxes. >> i don't believe another
team obama insists the president got a big bounce from last week's convention. >> you know what? you guys sound pretty fired up. >> reporter: he told florida sunday that mitt romney's tax plan doesn't add up. >> you already have deficits. you add $5 trillion of new tax cuts, $2 trillion in new defense spending, and somehow you're going to close the deficit without raising taxes on middle-class families. they did not take their arithmetic course. >> contrary to what the...
131
131
Sep 8, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 131
favorite 0
quote 1
>> that's a good question because barack obama hasn't been in a debate since 2008. mitt romney has been in about 27. >> a lot of practice. >> yeah. and his campaign, frankly, resents how many times he had to go on stage and debate republicans. no, i think the wrap on romney is that when it comes to detail, he sometimes falls short. he's very good at the broad sweeps of why people should be angry at incumbent. reag reaga ted kennedy, i think why you see that from the rnc, not good at set speeches, all they feel they need to make is the argument that unemployment is high. the president is quite good for all the jabs about his teleprompter, good at recalling how many people have health care because it is his policy, how many people are back to work since the bottom of the recession. the president, who's still quite good at this, can find examples to put romney off his footing. romney is good with zingers. he's quite witty in debate forum even if things like the $10,000 bet don't hit. it's just a question of whether obama can outpace him on facts, as has been done effec
>> that's a good question because barack obama hasn't been in a debate since 2008. mitt romney has been in about 27. >> a lot of practice. >> yeah. and his campaign, frankly, resents how many times he had to go on stage and debate republicans. no, i think the wrap on romney is that when it comes to detail, he sometimes falls short. he's very good at the broad sweeps of why people should be angry at incumbent. reag reaga ted kennedy, i think why you see that from the rnc, not...
171
171
Sep 25, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 171
favorite 0
quote 0
for the next six weeks and let it just play itself out p. >> as we look back over history in 2004, george w. busheld five bilateral meetings at the u.n., last year president obama had 13 one-on-one meetings. just usi the esident'n plf inrot year, is this a missed opportunity to meet with the current leaders at the u.n. and also allow republicans the sclans to hammer him on foreign policy which was one of his strengths as president and on the campaign? >> as you kw, i spend quite a bit ofeh si t treling around the country and i can tell that you protecting the american people, making sure we're continuing to improve our relationships in the world, having those conversations with world leaders, it's a core priority of his. and just the last few weeks alone, he's had out half a don calls with these same worlles. a4 hour span evaluating that in the meetings he has during a 24 hour span is hardly an eavailedation evaluation of the leaderip and streth he'shown. theids chththetic aack. n. comes as iran has been firing test missiles today trying to flex its military muscle and the romney camign s
for the next six weeks and let it just play itself out p. >> as we look back over history in 2004, george w. busheld five bilateral meetings at the u.n., last year president obama had 13 one-on-one meetings. just usi the esident'n plf inrot year, is this a missed opportunity to meet with the current leaders at the u.n. and also allow republicans the sclans to hammer him on foreign policy which was one of his strengths as president and on the campaign? >> as you kw, i spend quite a...
89
89
Oct 3, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 89
favorite 0
quote 0
the campaign told "the new york times" last week, quote, mr. romney's team has concluded that debates are about creating moments and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he's memorized and has been practicing on aides since august. the zinger strategy apparently includes luring president obama into appearing smug or evasive in his responses, especially on questions of the economy. this is where jimmy fallon comes in. >> tomorrow is the first of three debates between myself and president obama. i'm looking forward to having a serious conversation with my opponent about the issues. i've always prepared a few zingers for the occasion. for example, when we greet each other on stage before the debate, i'll put my finger on obama's tie and say, there's something on your tie. when he looks down, i'll slide my finger from his sternum to his nostrils and say, boop. for instance, when obama is talking during the debate i'll interrupt him and say that's what she said? ha, ha, ha. gets them every time. last week, my campaign leaked a memo telling
the campaign told "the new york times" last week, quote, mr. romney's team has concluded that debates are about creating moments and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he's memorized and has been practicing on aides since august. the zinger strategy apparently includes luring president obama into appearing smug or evasive in his responses, especially on questions of the economy. this is where jimmy fallon comes in. >> tomorrow is the first of three debates between...
67
67
Jun 1, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 67
favorite 0
quote 0
his comments come nearly two weeks after newark, new jersey, mayor corey booker undercut the president's message by saying on "meet the press" the attacks on bain capital were, quote, nauseating. the obama team, meanwhile, expanding its assault from romney's business record to his time as massachusetts governor. on the steps of the massachusetts statehouse yesterday, obama adviser david axelrod argued that romney's experience in the governor's mansion does not bode well for presidency. >> it's not a prescription for leadership as we saw in massachusetts. he tried to bring those same principles to massachusetts and the middle class suffered this state lagged far beyond the rest of the country in job creation. incomes declined. that is what happens when you try and translate those values and those principles into the governance of a state or a country. >> and you might have heard it in the background. axelrod's remarks drowned out by a number of romney supporters there in massachusetts who were chanting throughout the event. later in the day, mr. romney came to the defense of the hecklers.
his comments come nearly two weeks after newark, new jersey, mayor corey booker undercut the president's message by saying on "meet the press" the attacks on bain capital were, quote, nauseating. the obama team, meanwhile, expanding its assault from romney's business record to his time as massachusetts governor. on the steps of the massachusetts statehouse yesterday, obama adviser david axelrod argued that romney's experience in the governor's mansion does not bode well for...
94
94
Jun 7, 2012
06/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 94
favorite 0
quote 0
for president obama. this doesn't mean he's going to lose the election. it means it's a bad week in june for the president of the united states, and a good week in june for the man running against him, mitt romney. i think we always have to be careful of extrapolating what it all means, but look $76.8 million is a massive amount of money for mitt romney and the rnc to raise together. 93% of it together according to kevin madden, $250 donations and less, so i think that's a bit of pushback against the idea this is all just rich people giving to romney. clearly he's getting big donors. so, you know, a good week, certainly a good day for the mitt romney campaign. >> and they were raking it in in texas last night, how did it go for 9 romney camp? i want well, look, texas is -- this is why we all thought that rick perry was going to be the governor of texas was going to be a serious candy for the republican presidential nomination, because texas is the home of republican money, both small and large, but especi
for president obama. this doesn't mean he's going to lose the election. it means it's a bad week in june for the president of the united states, and a good week in june for the man running against him, mitt romney. i think we always have to be careful of extrapolating what it all means, but look $76.8 million is a massive amount of money for mitt romney and the rnc to raise together. 93% of it together according to kevin madden, $250 donations and less, so i think that's a bit of pushback...
128
128
Sep 24, 2012
09/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
we will see a new ad from president obama capitalizing on romney's 47%. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends since june of this year ohio's unemployment rate has been 7.2%. that's the lowest since september 2008. among the nine key states that will decide the election, ohio's unemployment rate is lower than all but three. >>> for the real news, let's huddle up around the water cooler. we'll watch the emmy awards. jimmy kimmel hosted the show for the first time. at one point he manipulated twitter as you can see here by telling everyone to tweet that actor tracy morgan had passed out on stage. it created hysteria online. he had him lie down for ten minutes. in his opening monolog, he took jabs at hollywood and washington. take a look. >> i will admit that doubting abbey is an amazing show. there's so much attention to detail. it's not the show i typically watch, but it really gives you a sense of what it must have been like to grow up in mitt romney's house. are any of you voting for mitt romney? difficult to be a republican in hollywood. be
we will see a new ad from president obama capitalizing on romney's 47%. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends since june of this year ohio's unemployment rate has been 7.2%. that's the lowest since september 2008. among the nine key states that will decide the election, ohio's unemployment rate is lower than all but three. >>> for the real news, let's huddle up around the water cooler. we'll watch the emmy awards. jimmy kimmel hosted the show for the first time. at one...
90
90
Feb 6, 2012
02/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 90
favorite 0
quote 0
in terms of tax policies, being like obama. so i don't want to have a processed campaign, i want to have an issue-oriented campaign, and when we can get those issues out in the open, we have done well. >> you say you don't want to have a process campaign. what you have been doing primarily is the fact that you have been out spent and governor romney has been incredibly negative. you have -- >> what i am doing, david -- >> you are making the contrast about issues. >> right, and other people think i did a good job at that. i want to focus on how big the change has to be in washington. i want to focus on the degree to which we need a tax policy that is aggressively projobs. you cited going into the show today unemployment dropped. it has dropped. you know why it has dropped? over 4% who would be unemployed quit looked for work. if we had the same participation rate several years ago, it would be at 12%. we need a much more aggressive tax policy. we need an american energy policy. look at what is happening in the middle east. we ar
in terms of tax policies, being like obama. so i don't want to have a processed campaign, i want to have an issue-oriented campaign, and when we can get those issues out in the open, we have done well. >> you say you don't want to have a process campaign. what you have been doing primarily is the fact that you have been out spent and governor romney has been incredibly negative. you have -- >> what i am doing, david -- >> you are making the contrast about issues. >>...
116
116
May 4, 2012
05/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 116
favorite 0
quote 0
exit polling from 2008 shows obama beat senator mccain by seven percentage points among women in virginia mitt romney will need to close that 18-point margin obviously over the next six months. romney spent several days this week in virginia including at an event yesterday with governor bob mcdonnell and former presidential candidate congresswoman michele bachmann. congresswoman bachmann used the opportunity to endorse romney, as the party's nominee, a full four months after she dropped out of the race. the tea party favorite bachmann is framing the general election as a very basic choice. >> i think for all of america this is a very simple proposition this november. president barack obama, president mitt romney. you decide. very easy. >> and texas governor rick perry, who threw his support to mitt romney after newt gingrich bowed out also suggested the race is more about seeing president obama lose than seeing mitt romney win. >> i'm a heck of a lot more comfortable with him than i am with barack obama and that's going to be our choice. he will be ten times better than barack obama, part
exit polling from 2008 shows obama beat senator mccain by seven percentage points among women in virginia mitt romney will need to close that 18-point margin obviously over the next six months. romney spent several days this week in virginia including at an event yesterday with governor bob mcdonnell and former presidential candidate congresswoman michele bachmann. congresswoman bachmann used the opportunity to endorse romney, as the party's nominee, a full four months after she dropped out of...
114
114
Nov 10, 2012
11/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 114
favorite 0
quote 0
of the last campaign reappeared over the last week. the real question now is whether he will stay. so tuesday night my big take aways from tuesday night in terms of what it meant and what the legacy is. a bunch of people noted that the economic recovery seems to be picking up and it seems like we may finally have the tires of the economy grip pavement and get going. and if that's the case, then that means that whoever was going to be the next president was likely going to inherit essentially recovery. that recovery was going to render a verdict on the previous four years, and i thought that people seemed very likely to me from a historical legacy perspective that if barack obama did not get re-elected and there was a recovery, then there would be this kind of carter comparison, which is that america tried liberal governments, it was a failure, it was in the doll drums, we had a recession, we never really got going, we elected mitt romney and, boom, 4 or 5% gdp growth and this is what free markets and american conservatism can do. i thi
of the last campaign reappeared over the last week. the real question now is whether he will stay. so tuesday night my big take aways from tuesday night in terms of what it meant and what the legacy is. a bunch of people noted that the economic recovery seems to be picking up and it seems like we may finally have the tires of the economy grip pavement and get going. and if that's the case, then that means that whoever was going to be the next president was likely going to inherit essentially...
113
113
Oct 20, 2012
10/12
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 113
favorite 0
quote 0
today the obama campaign said that on wednesday of this week, the day after the second presidential debate, that was the single biggest fund-raising day barack obama has ever had. ever. and that includes the entire '08 presidential campaign. he's never in his career, not even in 2008, raised more money in one day than he raised the day after the debate this week on wednesday. how much did they raise? they are not yet saying but we can sleuth it out a little bit. one of the obama campaign's previous biggest fund-raising days ever was september 4th, 2008. on that single day we know they raised $10 million. what happened the day before that in order to cause the $10 million inflow? oh, right. so two of the things that have exercised democratic wallets the most in american history have been the national debut of an alaska governor named sarah palin four years ago at the republican convention and also a strong debate performance by president obama this week in new york. something tells me that somewhere right now there is a democratic operative trying to figure out how to get sarah palin on a f
today the obama campaign said that on wednesday of this week, the day after the second presidential debate, that was the single biggest fund-raising day barack obama has ever had. ever. and that includes the entire '08 presidential campaign. he's never in his career, not even in 2008, raised more money in one day than he raised the day after the debate this week on wednesday. how much did they raise? they are not yet saying but we can sleuth it out a little bit. one of the obama campaign's...